Sugisaki: P-president! What's with this novel called "Seitokai no Ichizon"!?

Sakurano: Hee hee hee. It's a mass-market paperback novel we got Fujimi Shobo to publish in order to let more people know about the student council's excellence and wonderfulness.Text left of Sugisaki: But when did...?Sakurano: It's a shame we weren't allowed to distribute it around the school after you worked so hard on it!Sugisaki: Huh?Sugisaki: I...worked so hard?

Sakurano: I'd heard from Chizuru that she had you write the novel...Sugisaki: How could I not know about something I did!?

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Chizuru: Could you have no memories left of when I manipulated you into writing it?Sugisaki: Manipulated!?

Chizuru: Ki-kun, recall your true memories...

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Sakurano: Wait!? Sugisaki!?

Sugisaki: I remember...

Sugisaki: That's right. I am the author.

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Sugisaki: So how did...Sakurano: Don't ask that.Sakurano: The next deadline is coming up, so you need to write.

Sugisaki: Are you telling me to stay up all night again!?Sakurano: That's today's topic of discussion!Sugisaki: Damn it. Listen when people are talking to you!

On board: Get more and more people to know about it!!Sakurano: What should we do in order to get more people to realize...Sakurano: the wonderfulness of the student council?

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Sakurano: I've thought about it and I think the best method would be to make a book that I would want to read.

Sakurano: When I read a book, I cry and laugh and get passionate.Sakurano: I think we should share that feeling with others.Sakurano: So if we put out a book that leaves those feelings in everyone's heart...Sakurano: it'll go from person to person...

Sakurano: and one day those feelings and knowledge of the student council will be known...Sakurano: by the young and the old, boys and girls...no, by everyone in Japan.

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Sugisaki: Great idea, president! I really love how you are so forward thinking.Sugisaki: You've moved me a little.

Sakurano: Th-that's right!Sakurano: Now then, Sugisaki! Get to writing a story that will move me!

Sugisaki: Okay.Sugisaki: I don't know how good I can do, so I'd like some help.

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Sugisaki: Stop! What do you get from doing this!?Sugisaki: Answer me, banchou!

Banchou: Vice President...

Banchou: Your student council really helped us out this time.Banchou: But we're not going to listen to what you're asking us.Banchou: We may be a group of trash...but we're comrades.Banchou: We're family.

Banchou: And this guy forced one of our family members to death.Guy: E-eee

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Banchou: Making him pay for that...Banchou: is something I have to do no matter what!!

Sugisaki: Stoooooop!!

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Sugisaki: Pr...

Sugisaki: President!

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Banchou: Why!?

Banchou: There shouldn't have been any need for you to come out for this.Sakurano: I had to.

Sakurano: Stopping you is what Kazuma-kun would have wanted.

Banchou: He died alone embracing malice and hate!Banchou: So we're carrying out his revenge for him!

Sakurano: Why do you think he went to his death without telling anyone...?

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Sakurano: It was because he didn't want you to sully your hands...Sakurano: He didn't want to drag his precious family into all this.

Sakurano: So...leave the rest to me. I'll deal with it.

Banchou: President...Why are you going so far for us...?

Sakurano: Because just as he was to you...

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Sakurano: Kazuma-kun was a precious family member to me, too.

Sugisaki: Every student is part of her family with no discrimination...huh?Sugisaki: She sure is generous.Sugisaki: This school....no, all of Japan needs her.

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Sakurano: Great job!, Sugisaki. We can get Ultra with this!Text beneath panel: A print out

Sugisaki: What do you mean "Ultra". Geez...Sugisaki: I may have overdone things in order to stir things up.Sakurano: Isn't it a little too dramatic?Small text in the left of Sakurano's bubble: Tee hee

Minatsu: No, this is way beyond the level of dramatic!Minatsu: This never happened! This depiction of the president is completely fictitious.Mafuyu: And our school doesn't have a banchou.

Minatsu: No, we have one.Mafuyu: Eh?

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Minatsu: But...at this level, we're a long way off from what can be called entertainment.Sakurano: What!?Minatsu: You don't know what's needed to make a light novel.Minatsu: In order to get a work known, the author has to make some concessions.

Minatsu: Leave this to me. I've been reading Dragon Magazine and Dragon Age since I was a little girl!Mafuyu: Onee-chan, Dragon Age has only been running for 5 years.Text right of Mafuyu: And before Age it was known as Comic Dragon.Minatsu: If you worry about such little things, you'll go bald, my little sister.Text left of Mafuyu: Bald...?

Minatsu: On that note, Ken! Write based on my suggestion this time!Sugisaki: Fine, fine. So what should I write if I'm targeting light novel readers?

Minatsu: Heh heh. That's obvious!

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Minatsu: A nice punch...

Guy: Guoh...

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Guy: I thought your powers were laughable...but that was a most wonderful battle, "Chicken Chicken"...Guy: I was a bad match for your "Gorioshi".[TN: Gorioshi means to "push through", but the kanji used means "strong service" which is referencing how Sugisaki does all the student council work.]

Guy: You're a crafty man...but you are fitting to be the one who stands above me...

Sugisaki: Will you accept our demand?Guy: Yes. We of the Fiend School will join the Keyboard Alliance.

Sugisaki: Thanks.Sugisaki: Now all the mainland schools can prepare for the invasion...

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Guy: Guah...

Sugisaki: What...?

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Sugisaki: What the hell is this!?

Minatsu: Get ready, Ken.Minatsu: We're lucky they made there move first, but...Minatsu: it looks like the fish we caught is a big one.

Echo: Perhaps it was to keep you from awakening....That sounds like something those old men would do.Echo: So, I...

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Echo: My, my...Echo: I was talking...how rude.

Sugisaki: What...?

Echo: Don't worry. I won't hurt him.Echo: Not today, anyway.

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Sugisaki: Who are you...?

Echo: Etch this name into your heart.Echo: I am the first person to transcend humanity.

Echo: I am Echo of Death, your older brother.

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Sugisaki: The title of this novel is "Seitokai no Ichizon"! This has nothing to do with the student council!Minatsu: What if we make it about a student council that chooses the thorny path of becoming the great leader that governs over all schools to create a world without conflict?Sugisaki: Are you trying to say that this is fine as it is!? It's wrong to think you'll find peace at the end of a path of violence!

Mafuyu: Th-that's right, onee-chan. The theme being written about now is "Love and Peace".Text around Mafuyu: Insistence

Minatsu: But I thought the idea of "Echo of Death" was on the right track...

Mafuyu: On that note, senpai... Could you...write the plot that I came up with?Sugisaki: Okay, I'm sure the plot you've come up with will be a good one, Mafuyu-chan.

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Sugisaki: Wait, nii-san!

Echo: Forget about me.Echo: Our relationship is no longer what it was.Echo: We are no longer together...

Sugisaki: That's fine.Sugisaki: If I'm with you, I can withstand it. No matter how painful it is.

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Sugisaki: Because there's nothing more painful to me than not having you by my side.

Echo: Don't regret this.

Echo: Because I'll never let you go again...Sugisaki: Echo of Death-niisan.

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Sugisaki: What the hell kind of development is that!?Sugisaki: The main character has the same name as me, but I can't understand his motivation at all!

Mafuyu: The way you waited until after writing it to say that shows that, surprisingly, you have the makings of a great comedian, senpai!Sugisaki: What's surprising is that you're into that kind of thing, Mafuyu-chan!!

Mafuyu: Hot guy x Hot guy...Isn't it wonderful?Sugisaki: In this world, you can't just add two good things together. It doesn't always end up as something good...

Sugisaki: Wait!? You just called me a hot guy, didn't you? So that's how you think of me?

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Mafuyu: I would think you were absolutely wonderful if you wrote the bedroom scene.

Sugisaki: S-so cute!

Sugisaki: But I mustn't be tricked. This is just an act to get me to write it.

Sugisaki: I know that.Sugisaki: I know that, but my body's acting on its own!

Chizuru: Calm down. I know that was scary and hard for you.Chizuru: But it'll all be okay.Sugisaki: Chizuru-san, I...

Chizuru: Because you were already about as unclean as you could be beforehand.Minatsu: Ah. You broke his mind.

Sakurano: A chance!!

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Sakurano: Ladies and gentlemen.Sakurano: I wish for this academy to be one of peace.

Sakurano: Do you wish for an academy overflowing with kindness and respect?Sakurano: Do you wish for an academy teaching you the finest in literary and military arts and with no illicit sexual conduct?

Text repeated around crowd: President

Sakurano: Good. Then let's have a general meeting of the students!

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Sakurano: Hee hee hee...Excellent. It should definitely be a novel about the greatness of the student council president.Chizuru: Aka-chan, no fair. It was my turn.

Chizuru: Ki-kun...You...Chizuru: have been slacking on your duties for the student council.Sugisaki: I-I'm sorry, Chizuru-san.Chizuru: Chizuru...-san?

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Chizuru: Refer to me as a princess!Sugisaki: Yes, your majesty!

Chizuru: Hee hee...Good boy.

Sugisaki: Ah...

Chizuru: As a reward I give you permission to lick my boots.Chizuru: C'mon, do it like you always do.Sugisaki: Yes, your majesty!

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Text left of Sugisaki in 3rd panel: Haa... Haa...

Text left of Sugisaki in last panel: Ahhhh...Chizuru: Oh? Did I completely break him? But we still have some pages left.Sakurano: Hey, Sugisaki? Are you okay!?Chizuru: He's fine. I'll fix him.

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Chizuru: HoSugisaki: Aheh!?

Chizuru: Hmm? Did I do it wrong?Chizuru: OhohhhhSugisaki: Poh!

Sugisaki: Ha...What was I just doing!?Chizuru: You don't need to remember. You're the wonderful kind of guy who doesn't look back to the past and only looks forward to the future.Sugisaki: Forward...

Sugisaki: That's right. I still have to write 6 more pages. Umm, from here it'll be...

Text right of Chizuru: Like that.Text above Sakurano: Like this.Text left of Minatsu: That's right.Text left of Mafuyu: How about...

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Sugisaki: Shut up!Sugisaki: I've been listening to your suggestions this whole time. Now I'm gonna do what I want!Sakurano: Are you going to ignore the president's orders!?Sugisaki: This is a compromise.

Sugisaki: Either let me write what I want from here on or it'll end with the first volume...Sakurano: Kh....Okay, just this once.

Minatsu: Hey, hey, president. If you let him write what he wants...Text right of Sakurano: That's true, but...

Sugisaki: Don't worry, Minatsu. I'm just going to write things how they are.Sugisaki: I want people to know the student council really is.

Sakurano: I guess it can't be helped, Sugisaki...I leave it to you.Sugisaki: Yup, just leave it to me!

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Mafuyu: No matter what senpai does, it'll be a work of art...Chizuru: Of course. Everything Ki-kun does is perfect.Sakurano: So true...Sugisaki's the best of the student council.

Sugisaki: What have you been discussing, my kittens?

Minatsu: Ken! I can't take it anymore!

Minatsu: You and I...!Sugisaki: Wait now, Minatsu. I love all of you. I can't single any one of you out.

Mafuyu: How can you, onee-chan! Even though you know about my feelings!Minatsu: I'm sorry, Mafuyu. I...can't turn back now.Mafuyu: I...I won't lose to you, onee-chan.

Sugisaki: Chizuru-san.

Chizuru: Ki-kun.Text right of Chizuru: Eye Contact

Chizuru: The truth is, I too love you...So...You and I...Sugisaki: Wait a second. I can't do that, Chizuru-san. That would be unfair. You're not the only one that loves me.Chizuru: But I...I...Sugisaki: You're trembling too much, Chizuru-san. She's going to notice our eye contact.

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Sakurano: Chizuru and Sugisaki...You two stare at each other like that from time to time.Chizuru: Y-you're reading too much into it, Aka-chan.

Sugisaki: What is it?

Sakurano: What I'm about to tell you...it's an order I'm giving you as president.

Sakurano: Sugisaki...G...Sakurano: Go out with me!Sakurano: Wait a secooooond!?

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Sakurano: What was with those last two pages?Sugisaki: Eh? I was writing things "as they are".Sakurano: It was all a lie from the very first panel!Text left of last panel: Give me back my moving story!

Sugisaki: What...!? This is way closer to the truth than Echo of Death or Boys' Love.Sakurano: It's way worse than that!Mafuyu: I believe that Boys' Love truly exists in this world.Minatsu: Don't use Echo of Death as your example of that...

Chizuru: Well, there's only 1 page left, so how should we finish it up?Chizuru: The editor's already coming to pick up the manuscript, so we don't have time to redo it.

Minatsu: It's because of what you said, president.Sakurano: But everyone was so onboard with the idea.Text right of Sakurano: Uuuh...

Sugisaki: I know.Sugisaki: I'll put in an ending to give it some cohesion and we can right how things actually are next time.Sakurano: ...Okaaay.Text above Sakurano: Why is it always me...?

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Door: Gramps, what happened after that?Gramps: Ahh, well, after that...Someone: Door! Quit listening to gramps's old stories that might not even be true and finish up your homework.Door: Okay.